Author: Posts on R Lover ! a programmer

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Posts on R Lover ! a programmer. In my lastpostI had a little fun comparing perspectives among Bayesian, frequentist andprogrammer methodologies. I took a nice post from AnindyaMozumdarfrom the R Bloggers feed and investigated theworld’s fastest man. I’ve found that in writing these posts two things alwayshappen. I learn a lot, and I have follow-on questions or thoughts. This time is noexception, the last post made me want to investigate further the notion ofhypothesis testing and multiple comparisons, especially in a Bayesian framework.So here we go again. This post assumes that you’ve read the earlier posts. Let’s ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Posts on R Lover ! a programmer. So, a programmer, a frequentist, and a bayesian walk into a bar. No this postisn’t really on the path to some politically incorrect stereotypical humor. Juttrying to make it fun and catch your attention. As the title implies this postis really about applying the differing viewpoints and methodologies inherent inthose approaches to statistics. To be honest I’m not even going to spend a lottime on the details of methods, I want to focus on the conclusions each of thesepeople would draw after analyzing the same data using their favored methods.This ... Read More